Mrs. Dorothy Mae Franklin
March 31, 1938 - February 2, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Darby Franklin 77, of Columbia, SC entered into rest on Tuesday February 2, 2016 at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital. A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia are in charge of these arrangements. Ms. Dorothy Franklin was born March 31, 1938 in Lanes, South Carolina to the late Samuel and Lillian McCutchen Darby. Ms. Franklin obtained Christian values at an early age and was a member of New Shiloh Baptist Church and dedicated her life to assist her family and others, as housekeeper and "chef" and was known as a SUPERMOM. Ms. Franklin was preceded in death by her husband, Stephen Franklin; two sons, Lindsay "Big Daddy and Luther Franklin and her parents Samuel and Lillian M. Darby. Left to cherish precious memories are: her children, Inell U. Wilder, Patricia, Stephen, Jr., and Leon Franklin and Monica (Lewis) Woods; siblings, Mary Henry and Geneva James, Dora (Edwards) Miller, Swails and Harry Darby; other siblings, Patricia Dunmore and Timothy and Leroy June; twelve grandchildren; fifteen great grsmdchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, other loving relatives and friends.
Mrs. Dorothy Mae Darby Franklin 77, of Columbia, SC entered into rest on Tuesday February 2, 2016 at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital. A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia are in charge of these arrangements.... View Obituary & Service Information